Glasgow's Radical Independent Book-fair - RIB - DEC 15th - CCA

GLASGOW'S RADICAL INDEPENDENT BOOK-FAIR PROJECT

DEC 15th - CCA - 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

12am - 10pm -- free entry

stalls / resources / videotheque / events

- stalls & resources in Resource Space (ground floor next to cafe)

- related events in CCA 4 (cinema space)

for more info on RIB and a full set of links go to: http://

www.ribproject.org

Within Britain, Scotland and specifically Glasgow there are fewer and
fewer outlets for independent and radical materials. Corporate
bookshops rule the roost and offer little in the way of counter
culture, radical voices or local independent materials. The Radical
Independent Book-fair project (RIB) has come about to help redress
this imbalance...
RIB is a support structure for a number of individuals and groups who
produce publications, information and materials for sale, view and
free distribution. The project is self-financed by the participants,
no public or corporate monies are involved, no one takes a wage, it
is not party politically aligned and is autonomous from other
organisations. The project is not just an occasional bookshop and
travelling bookstall... it is also a temporary library, a
videotheque, a meeting point for distribution, discussion and ideas,
as well as a place to come and have a blether.

...supporting small press publishers and independent
producers...circulating radical reading materials and information...

RIB - DEC 15th - EVENTS - CCA

RESOURCE SPACE
12.30pm - 1.00pm
Book Launch Event
BROTH MIX
BROTH MIX RECIPE BOOK
Launch of the recipe book from the Broth Mix project that took place
in the Intermedia Gallery, Oct 07 with a slideshow of what took
place. Followed by a gathering of all those who got involved and
anyone else who is interested in contributing to what might come next.

CCA4
1.00pm - 2.30pm
Discussion Event
GLASGOW ANARCHISTS.
ANARCHISM, POLITICS AND DIRECT ACTION.
Glasgow Anarchists will be having a discussion about Anarchism,
Politics and Direct Action.

CCA4
2.30pm - 4.00pm
Film Event
UNIVERSITY of BUEA STUDENTS.
STANDING WITH THE STUDENTS.
Since the spring of 2005, students of the University of Buea,
challenging a 10-year illegitimate ban on all forms of protest, have
been striking to request basic rights and essential amenities. As
usual Cameroon forces were brought in to forcefully stop the strike.
By November 2006, the forces had shot and killed 5 students, beaten
another to death and severely injured many more. This documentary
tries to tell the story of these horrifying events.

CCA4
4.00pm - 5.30pm
Discussion Event
CITY STROLLS - BRIDGE PROJECT.
COMMON AIMS, SELF DETERMINATION AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ASSOCIATION.
On the "practicalities" of working and cooperating with each other in
the movement for change.
Taken from the idea that the work of radical groups, or whatever we
want to call ourself, is to expand the base for a working class
movement for change. At present we have the building blocks in
various specialities, and all the ingredients to mix the cement. We
seem to lack the commonality and vision of what it is we want to do,
or hope to build. How do we discover if what we are doing can be done
better, more effectively? How do we reach the wider audience not just
the converted? Why does the wheel get regularly reinvented - the same
problems crop up continuously? What has happened to the common dream
that could shape the architecture of our collective endeavour? And
most importantly, how do we encourage self determination in our
communities?

CCA4
5.30pm - 7.00pm
Discussion Event
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD.
IWW AND GRASSROOTS WORKPLACE ORGANISING.
Radical organising as healthworkers. A history, current issues and a
vision for the future. All welcome.

CCA4
7.00pm - 8.30pm
Book Launch Event
DES FERNANDES.
'THE KURDISH AND ARMENIAN GENOCIDES: FROM CENSORSHIP AND DENIAL TO
RECOGNITION?'
Writer Desmond Fernandes will be discussing some of the issues
contained within his latest book.
This book examines the manner in which Armenian genocide denialism is
questionably promoted by the governments of Turkey, the US, UK and
Israel, as well as by various lobbies in Israel, the US and Turkey.
It also confronts an issue that has been largely ignored by the
British and US mainstream media and by mainstream British/US academic
and political circles – that of the "Kurdish genocide in Turkey". The
problem of censorship is also charted. Published by Apec Press
(Stockholm) 2008.

CCA4
8.30pm - 10.00pm
Book Event
'NEW LABOUR / HARD LABOUR - RESTRUCTURING AND RESISTANCE INSIDE THE
WELFARE INDUSTRY', by ALEX LAW and GERRY MOONEY.
Alex Law will introduce his recently published book and highlight
some of important questions it raises.
"This timely collection illuminates a very important aspect of the
New Labour regime - its tough and often hostile approach to workers
within the welfare state. This has received scant attention from
social scientists, but this book provides an expert and critical
survey across a wide range of the salient issues with an appropriate
emphasis on workers' resistance." Norman Ginsburg, London
Metropolitan University.